The rhetorical fantasy of energy transitions: implications for energy policy and analysis

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 837-854

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a,b   Brossmann, Brent ^c  

^a VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy policy; energy transitions; fantasy; rhetoric

Indexed keywords

ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84904037070     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: 14653990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2014.905674     Document Type: Article

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